Kathleen Bühler

Kunstmuseum Bern

Between 1982 and 2013, the Kunst Heute (Art Today) Foundation assembled a distinguished collection of the works of young contemporary Swiss artists. Pipilotti Rist, Fischli/Weiss and Thomas Hirschhorn are just some of the names to be found in the collection. After over 30 years of activity, the Foundation ceased its work at the end of 2013 and the collection is now housed in the Museum of Fine Arts Bern. This catalogue is published as the third volume in a series entitled 'Die Sammlung Gegenwartskunst (The Contemporary Art Collection) to accompany the scheduled exhibition, which investigates forms of artistic positioning and self-referentiality in a quintessentually globalised world.

The Collection of Contemporary Art

Art Today/Kunst Heute

Isabel Schulz

Werner Spies

Meret Oppenheim

Nathalie Bäschlin

Simon Baur

Lisa Wenger

Wanda Kupper

Nicole Schweizer

In little more than a generation, Asia has emerged from centuries of stagnation to become the rising force of the global economy. This transformation has been so spectacular that some have called it a miracle. How did it happen? Taking the reader from the docksides of Korea to the halls of India's finance ministry, The Miracle details the courageous decisions and heroic self-sacrifice that made Asia's ascent possible. Spanning nine countries and probing major historical currents, this account illuminates not only Asia's extraordinary economic rise but also how its causes might emancipate the developing world from poverty and guide the developed world to further prosperity. Using more than a decade of reporting and analysis, Time magazine and former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Schuman uncovers how outsourcing to Asia began; how Asia's most famous companies, such as Sony and Honda, became global corporations; and how technological changes and global economic shifts made Asia's boom possible. He reveals the compelling human side to this economic story, introducing readers to the political strongmen, entrepreneurs, and policymakers who made the Miracle a reality. This engaging historical narrative brings to life the ideas and actions of a diverse group of Asians—dictators and democrats, generals and technocrats, economists and engineers. Some of the characters in the book have captured the global imagination for years, such as China's reformer Deng Xiaoping and Sony founder Akio Morita. Others are less well known, including Park Chung Hee, Korea's tightfisted nation builder; Liu Chuanzhi, the risk-taking founder of PC maker Lenovo; and Azim Premji, the mastermind behind Wipro, one of India's technology giants. All of them shared a dream—to elevate Asia to its proper place of influence in the world and eradicate the poverty around them. The Miracle not only offers profound insight into Asia and its increasing wealth and power; it also reveals how these seismic shifts continue to reverberate through the global economy. The implications of Asia's economic ascent for the rest of the world are surprising, promising, and inspiring. Readers of The Miracle will gain a deep understanding of Asia's place in the global economy—and of their own.

Retrospective : "an Enormously Tiny Bit of a Lot"

Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH

When over 1,000 artworks by outstanding artists such as Otto Dix, Franz Marc, Emil Nolde, Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky and Claude Monet which had long been thought to be lost turned up in the collection of Cornelius Gurlitt, the find was celebrated as a sensation? but the accusation that the works were looted art also hovered in the air. Until now the pictures have not been on display to the public. Now, for the first time, the works from the Gurlitt estate on view in Bonn and Bern are introduced in a comprehensive publication and their turbulent history is told.0In addition to the presentation of the pictures, the estate of Cornelius Gurlitt (1932?2014), the son of the art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, is set in its historical context by a prestigious list of authors, thereby ensuring transparency and enlightenment. One important topic is the provenance of the works, which in some cases were vilified by the National Socialist regime as?degenerate art?. Which works in this collection are looted art? Which ones were purchased legally, and which ones were acquired in forced sales? Another area of focus will be the biographies of Jewish collectors and artists who were the victims of art theft and the Holocaust.0A further topic of investigation is how stolen works were returned to the museums and private collections after 1945. The official catalogue of the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Bundeskunsthalle) in Bonn permits for the first time a nuanced understanding of this case which is unique in the postwar history of Germany.00Exhibition: Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany (3.11.2017-11.3.2018) / Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (2.11.2017-4.3.2018) / Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (Autumn 2018).

Dossier Gurlitt

Hans Christoph von Tavel

Ausstellung im Kunstmuseum Bern vom 21. November 1986 bis 15. Februar 1987

Der Blaue Reiter

Henri Matisse

Xavier Girard

Sandor Kuthy

Tout au long de son œuvre Matisse travaille la sculpture afin de perfectionner son approche de la ligne. Avec la série des Nus de dos qui s'étend de 1909 à 1930, il affronte tour à tour les problèmes picturaux qu'il rencontre: le tracé des figures monumentales (la réalisation de Nu de dos I, 1909, est contemporaine de celle des grandes compositions La Musique et La Danse), le rapport forme et fond (les fresques destinées à la Fondation Barnes sont réalisées en 1930 comme Nu de dos IV). Toutefois, bien que la série ne semble pas avoir été conçue pour être présentée en une seule entité (la fonte des pièces en bronze n'a été faite qu'après la mort de Matisse), ces quatre sculptures constituent un ensemble plastique

1869-1954 : Skulpturen und Druckgraphik

Michel Butor

Isabelle Waldberg

Isabelle Waldberg - Skulpturen 1943-1980

Piet Mondrian

Ausstellung : Kunstmuseum Bern, 9.2-9.4., 1972

Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944

Kunstmuseum Bern

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